British Educator Quotes

Robert Baden-Powell

A. S. Neill

Anna Leonowens

John Senior

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

Robert Baden-Powell

Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

It is commonly agreed also that both "great" and "good" can be judged only from a certain distance. Contemporary works can be appreciated and enjoyed but not very properly judged.

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts.

Joseph Lancaster

Watch where he comes walking
Out of the Christmas flame,
Dancing, double-talking:
Herod is his name.

Charles Causley

The night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.